Moldboard and landside plow and gage-wheel.



A. HAFERKAMP.

NIOLDBOARD AND LANDSIDE PLOW AND GAGE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I7, 1914.

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AUGUs'r' HAEEEKAMP, or WALLis, TEXAS.

IVIOLDBOABID ANDLANDSIDE PLOW'AND 'GAGE-WHEEL Specification ofLettersPatent.

Application inea June 17,1914. serial No. 845,625- l To all 'whom tmay/concern.' o f Be it known that I, AUGUSTHAFERKAMP, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at IVallis, in the county of Austin. and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements ina Moldboardand Landside Plow and -Gage-Wheel; and I do hereby declare thefollowing` to be .a full,y

vide a sliding fulcrum arrangement to op-v erate the depth of thestandard.

Still another object is to provide an ary rangement whereby the reach ofthe operating means can be adjustably connected.

Other objects and advantages of this inventionwill be hereinafter moreclearly set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims. f

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout thespecification and drawing` in which the figure is a perspectiveelevation of my attachment as applied to a middle bursting plow. e

In the drawing, 1 is my plow beam of ordinary construction, 2 my plowattached to the beam, said plow being likewise of ordinary construction,3 a handle to my plow also of the ordinary construction, said handlebeing braced to said plow beam lby means of the usual braces such as 4.

Attached to the forward end of my plow beam is my clevis construction 5composed of two oppositely disposed side plates 15, said plates matchingeach other in structure and being clamped on the opposite sides of theplow beam l by means of bolts 16 or other suitable forms of fasteningdevices.

Running through a suitable aperture formed in the side plates 15, is a`standard 17, said standard having free verticall play in said clevis.The top end of my standard 17 is pivotally connected to a lever member18, said lever member being of a substantially hook formation having asubstantially arcuate slot 19 within the hook portion. A

bolt 2O runsk through suitableaperturesin'4 the top portions of myclevis 5 and. passes,- throughy said slot19 to form the1movablevSwivelly connectedto thelower endof my leverage pivotA for saidmember18. ,i

standard 17 by means'of `the usualswivel mountingy21 is a gage wheel,22, saidA mount-` ing 21 having apair of oppositely matched members,with apertures near the ends there-y o-f, through which runsy myfaXle23, saidfaxlea having bushingy bearings 24 placedvon each side of mygage wheel `andbetweenthe'arms of the mounting 21. If desiredIattacha-rmudv scraper 25 to my gage wheel 22 by means of a thumb. screw 26, saidlthumb screw working in a slot 27 to allow` of suit.-k

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able adjustment of Said scraper. standard 1s operated intoyverticalmovement through the clevis 5 by means of said memberA 18, a friction.pulley 28/being attached.'`

to the lower rear edge of my clevis and operating against the standardto reduce friction. My leverage member 18 is operated to adjust saidstandard 17 by means of a link 29 and a reach rod 30, said reach rodbeing connected to a lever arm 3l, which `has the usual sliding lockingmembers 32 working within the teeth of a quadrant 33 mounte upon theplow beam 1, to which the lever 3l is pivotally connected at the focalpoint of said teeth. Thus manipulating my lever 31,1 operate my leveragemember 18 through the medium of the reach rod 30, my Standard 17adjusting according to the height with which I desire my plow tooperate.

My reach rod which as before stated, is connected to the lever 31, iscomposed of a bar having a right angular bent end 34, said end having anaperture running therethrough, through which a connecting link 35 ispassed, said link having a bent end 36 that is adjustably positioned insuitable apertures in my reach rod 30 so that said reach rod can belengthened according to the Patented Aug. 3,1915. p

comprising av plow beam, a two partiV clevis carrying a transversefulcrum bolt mounted upon said beam, a standard carrying a gage wheelvertically operating vin. said clevis, a

substantially arcuate shaped operating leverY having anarcuatencentrally disposed slot in the oute're'nd thereof pivoted to theupper end of said standard, said fulcrum kbolt of said clevis operatingthrough said slot, a

link member'pivote'd to the inner end of said operating lever,-l

threadedv into saidilinkvmember having the k.v inner end thereof atright angles to thebody the upper end cbpies of this patent may beyobtained for portionsof 'said Vlink member, a reach rod having theend,v portion thereof bent at right angles and Vmounted -uponV saidconnection,

ta' y'connecting member lever slidingly playing upon said fulcrummember, Vactuating means, adjustable connectin g means between saidactuating means and Said lever, anda standard having an angular baseVvportion carrying a gage wheel,

said-standard adjustably mounted between the parts of saidclevis andpivoted to said lever to be vertically adjusted upon the actuation ofsaid lever.y

3. A device of the character described comprising; a standard' carryingVa gage wheel, an actuating lever pivoted to said standard, and, a plowVbeam carrying a clevis, said clevis adjustably mounting said standardvand supporting said actuating lever, means to actuate said levermounted upon said beam'to adjust the'position of said standard andthreaded angular bent means positioned in said actuation means, adaptedto adjust the reach rod thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTHAFERKAMP. Y

Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. LEVENDUSKY, Y J. A. PICKENS.

vc cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. f v

